Quaralane
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All righty, then.
For the next project on the bench here, I'm going to do a buildup of the 1/72 scale A-wing fighter from Bandai
Like with the first Bandai X-wing I did, I'm going to build this one as part of "Jade" Squadron. In this case, "Jade 7."
As usual, we'll start with a look at the contents of the various sprues
To get started with turning this into a Jade Squadron plane, I painted the red-brown parts with Colorspray Kelly Green
Before tackling the fighter itself, I built up the "turret' that comes as part of the base
The cockpit was built at detailed with grey and the kit decals
Step one, the main hull, was completed in fairly straight order.
I really like how the green turned out
Engines were assembled fairly quickly.
I put a coat of Testors "Hickory" wash in the clear pieces to simulate the engine glow
The turret was finished of with a black wash and the excess wiped off with cotton swabs and paper towels.
The A-wing itself got a similar treatment, followed by me picking out a couple of plates with drybrushing black around to simulate scorching.
The pilot was given a greenish blue flight suit with white accenting before being given a blue wash
On either side of the cockpit, I took a small Sharpie, and wrote "Jade 7" in the Star Wars 'Aurabesh" font.
I also put an aurabesh "7" on either rudder
Finished build pics
Youtube link:
For the next project on the bench here, I'm going to do a buildup of the 1/72 scale A-wing fighter from Bandai
Like with the first Bandai X-wing I did, I'm going to build this one as part of "Jade" Squadron. In this case, "Jade 7."
As usual, we'll start with a look at the contents of the various sprues
To get started with turning this into a Jade Squadron plane, I painted the red-brown parts with Colorspray Kelly Green
Before tackling the fighter itself, I built up the "turret' that comes as part of the base
The cockpit was built at detailed with grey and the kit decals
Step one, the main hull, was completed in fairly straight order.
I really like how the green turned out
Engines were assembled fairly quickly.
I put a coat of Testors "Hickory" wash in the clear pieces to simulate the engine glow
The turret was finished of with a black wash and the excess wiped off with cotton swabs and paper towels.
The A-wing itself got a similar treatment, followed by me picking out a couple of plates with drybrushing black around to simulate scorching.
The pilot was given a greenish blue flight suit with white accenting before being given a blue wash
On either side of the cockpit, I took a small Sharpie, and wrote "Jade 7" in the Star Wars 'Aurabesh" font.
I also put an aurabesh "7" on either rudder
Finished build pics
Youtube link:
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